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Jabez Hughes (1819-84)
General Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame (1812-84) 1883 copy after an 1854-6 original
Carbon print | 19.6 x 13.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2500047
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Photograph of General Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame seated in an armchair facing partly left. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a sword. There is a hat and a pair of gloves on the table beside him. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
General Cunynghame served during the Crimean War and fought in many of the major battles including the Battle of Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastopol.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
19.6 x 13.7 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
Major General Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame, GCB, Quarter Master General to 1st Division, 1854 then Major General on Staff (Turkish contingent) 1855, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
